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The conference is the core of Game Happens: six international speakers will bring their own experience and then they will share the stage during a round table. The conference is dedicated to game designers, game development students and professionals who are looking up to games in order to improve their works.

Game Happens is a place where creators of meaning can discuss their own work with their peers, putting themselves into a wider, international, perspective. Game Happens is a community where different approaches converge. We learn from literature, architecture, interaction design, experience design, stage design, figurative and performing arts.

Game Happens – On Stage is a statement: a game can happen everywhere, at any time, and every space can be a stage to your interactive world. Especially today, thanks to virtual reality experiences, stepping into a virtual territory is a performative act: it’s like being on stage (performing in real time), and being among the audience in a theatre (attending a live performance) at the same time. International speakers are brought here to tell their own personal stories, because behind every game there is always (at least) one individual.

Game Happens welcomes international guests and attendees for a two-day event in Genova (Italy): Genova Airport (GOA) is directly connected to Stansted (STN) and Gatwick (LGW) airports in London, and to Paris (CDG), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) and Munich (MUC) as well. Genova is also well connected to Milan by train, and you can probably find a suitable flight to Milan-Malpensa (MXP) or Orio al Serio International Airport (BGY).

Code of Conduct

Game Happens is dedicated to providing an online and a conference experience free of discrimination and harassment for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, level of experience, age, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We oppose discrimination and harassment in our community. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned and / or expelled from the online community and conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers. Attendance at Game Happens implies that the participants agree to, and will abide by, these rules. Supporters, partners, speakers, exhibitors and media are also subject to the anti-harassment policy.

Please do not purchase any ticket here and write us an email with your order and company details at invoice@gamehappens.com

Once you've completed the registration process, we'll see you on Friday June 23rd in Genova: just give your name to the registration desk and we will provide you your pass.

If you are a student and you're registering for a Student Pass, please show your student ID to our staff.

Photo & Video Coverage

Please note that the event will be recorded and a photographer will be present. Buying a ticket affirms your consent to the filming, sound recording, and/or photography of yourself as a member of the audience. We reserve the right to use the media for our own promotional purposes on our website or via other channels. If you have any objection, should this happen when you attend the event, please contact a member of Game Happens staff (info@gamehappens.com).